Chapter 11 plg: CLI Commands for Plug-ins

This chapter describes the commands that manage plug-ins.

Overview of the plg Commands

The following table summarizes the CLI commands for managing plug-ins.

Table 11–1 Summary of the plg Commands

Command	Description
plg.p.add	Imports a new or existing plug-in from the file system.
plg.p.del	Deletes a plug-in.
plg.p.la	Lists all plug-ins.
plg.p.lo	Lists the details of a plug-in.
plg.p.mod	Modifies a plug-in.

plg.p.add

This command imports a new or existing plug-in from the file system. Note that Ctrl-C terminates the command, but does not affect the progress of the import.

Table 11–2 Arguments and Result for the plg.p.add Command

Argument/Result		Syntax	Description
path	[R]	InputStreamWrapper	The plug-in JAR file
result		PluginID	The plug-in ID

plg.p.del

This command deletes a plug-in.

Table 11–3 Argument for the plg.p.del Command

Argument		Syntax	Description
ID	[R]	PluginID	The plug-in ID

plg.p.la

This command lists all of the plug-ins.

Table 11–4 Result for the plg.p.la Command

Result		Syntax	Description
result		PluginArray	An array of plug-ins

plg.p.lo

This command lists the details about one plug-in.

Table 11–5 Argument and Result for the plg.p.lo Command

Argument/Result		Syntax	Description
ID	[R]	PluginID	The plug-in ID
result		Plugin	The plug-in

plg.p.mod

This command modifies a plug-in. If any arguments are omitted, the current values are preserved.

Table 11–6 Arguments and Result for the plg.p.mod Command

Argument/Result		Syntax	Description
ID	[R]	PluginID	The plug-in ID
order	[O]	String	The order of the plug-in menu
result		Plugin	The plug-in